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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Anderson , Robert , -1871 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Big Bethel, battle at. (search)
Big Bethel, battle at.
When General Butler arrived at his headquarters at Fort Monroe (May, 1861), he first established Camp Hamilton, near the fort.
as a rendezvous for troops gathering there.
There were gathered Phelps's Vermont regiment, and another from Troy, N. Y.; and soon afterwards they were joined by a well-disciplined regiment of Zouaves, under Col. Abraham Duryee, of New York City.
Duryee was assigned to the command of the camp as acting brigadier-general.
Butler conceived a plan of taking possession of the country between Suffolk and Petersburg and Norfolk, and so threatening the Weldon Railroad, the great highway between Vrgiinia and the Carolinas.
But, lacking troops, he contented himself with taking possession of and fortifying the important strategic point of Newport News. He sent (May 27. 1861 ) Colonel Phelps thither in a steamer with a detachment to fortify that place.
He was accompanied by Lieut. John Trout Greble,
Map of the battle at Big Bethel an ac
Buell, Don Carlos,
Military officer; born near Marietta, O., March 23, 1818; was graduated at West Point in 1841; engaged in the war with Mexico, in which he won the brevets of captain and major, and was severely wounded; became lieutenant-colonel in the regular army, and brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861; major-general of volunteers in March, 1802; and, with an army, arrived on the battle-field of Shiloh (q. v.) in time to assist in the defeat of the Confederates.
In command of the District of Ohio, he confronted Bragg's invasion of Kentucky and drove him out of the State.
On Oct. 24 he transferred his command to General Rosecrans; was mustered out of the volunteer service May 23, 1864; and resigned his commission in the regular Army June 1, 1865, when he became president of the Green River Iron Company.
in Kentucky.
He died near Rockport, Ky., Nov. 19, 1898.
Clem, John L. 1851-
Military officer; born in Newark, O., in 1851.
In May, 1861, he attempted to enlist as a drummer-boy in the 3d Ohio Volunteers, but was rejected on account of his size and age. Subsequently he accompanied the 22d Michigan Volunteers to the field, and in the summer of 1862 was regularly enlisted as a drummer in that regiment.
He displayed a fearless spirit in the battle of Shiloh, where his drum was destroyed by a piece of shell.
At the battle of Chickamauga he served as a marker, carried a musket instead of a drum, and especially distinguished himself.
He had been in the thickest of the fight, and three bullets had passed through his hat, when, separated from his companions, he was seen running, with a musket in his hand, by a mounted Confederate colonel, who called out, Stop!
You little Yankee devil!
The boy halted and brought his musket to an order, when the colonel rode up to make him a prisoner.
With a swift movement, young Clem brought his gun up
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Coinage , Confederate States (search)
Crook, George -1890
Military officer; born near Dayton, O., Sept. 8, 1828; graduated at West Point in 1852.
In May, 1861, he was promoted to captain.
He did good service in western Virginia, and in September was made brigadiergeneral and took command of the Kanawha district.
In command of a division of cavalry in the Army of the Cumberland, he was at Chickamauga (q. v.) and drove Wheeler across the Tennessee.
Brevetted major-general of volunteers (July, 1864), he was put in command of the Army of West Virginia, and took part in Sheridan's operations in the Shenandoah Valley.
He was made major-general of volunteers in October, and late in February, 1865, was captured by guerillas, but exchanged the next month.
He was brevetted brigadier-general and major-general in the regular Army March 13, 1865, and afterwards distinguished himself in several campaigns against the Indians, and particularly in the battles of Powder River, Tongue River, and the Rosebud.
He died in Chicago,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis , Samuel Ryan -1866 (search)
Curtis, Samuel Ryan -1866
Military officer; born near Champlain, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1805; graduated at West Point in 1831, and the following year left the army and studied law; served under General Taylor in the war with Mexico, and was General Wool's assistant adjutant-general in that war. He was for a while governor of Saltillo.
He became a member of Congress in 1857, retaining that post until 1861, and was a member of the Peace Congress.
In May, 1861, he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers, and in March, 1862, major-general.
Commanding the army in Missouri, he gained the battle of Pea Ridge (q. v.). After the war he was appointed United States commissioner to treat with Indian tribes—
Samuel Ryan Curtis. Sioux, Cheyennes, and others.
He died in Council Bluffs, Ia., Dec. 26, 186
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Emory , William Helmsley , 1811 -1887 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fairfax Court-house , skirmish at. (search)
Fairfax Court-house, skirmish at.
Rumors prevailing early in May, 1861, that a Confederate force was at Fairfax Court-house, Lieut. C. H. Tompkins, with seventy-five cavalry, was sent from Arlington Heights on a scout in that direction.
He left late in the evening of May 31, and reached the village of Fairfax Courthouse at three o'clock the next morning, where Colonel Ewell, late of the United States army, was stationed with several hundred Confederates.
Tompkins captured the pickets and dashed into the town, driving the Confederates before him. There they were reinforced, and a severe skirmish occurred in the streets.
Shots were fired upon the Union troops from windows.
Finding himself greatly outnumbered by the Confederates, Tompkins retreated, taking with him several prisoners and horses.
He lost one man killed, four wounded, and one missing. He also lost twelve horses and their equipments.
About twenty of the Confederates were killed or wounded.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fauntleroy , Thomas Turner -1883 (search)
Fauntleroy, Thomas Turner -1883
Born in Richmond county, Va., Oct. 6, 1796; served in the War of 1812, and in the Seminole War; and in 1845 was given a command on the frontier of Texas to restrain the Indians.
He joined the Confederate army in May, 1861; was commissioned brigadier-general by the Virginia convention and given command of Richmond, but the Confederate government refused to ratify his appointment.
He died in Leesburg, Va., Sept. 12, 1883.